Dallas panchang, 18 October 2023
Sunrise 07:34 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 11:31 Ashwin month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:34 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:47 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:36
- 10:30 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 14:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:49 to 07:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:53 – 06:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:42
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 10:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:23
- Karana Vishti until 14:42, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:30 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 14:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:36
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:52 – 06:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 21:22
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:34 – 10:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:34 – 10:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:34 – 10:30
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:34 – 08:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:25 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:01 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:35 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:52 – 07:34 Virgo
- 07:34 – 09:57 Libra
- 09:57 – 12:18 Scorpio
- 12:18 – 14:21 Sagittarius
- 14:21 – 16:00 Capricorn
- 16:00 – 17:23 Aquarius
- 17:23 – 18:43 Pisces
- 18:43 – 20:14 Aries
- 20:14 – 22:08 Taurus
- 22:08 – 00:23 next day Gemini
- 00:23 – 02:47 next day Cancer
- 02:47 – 05:09 next day Leo
- 05:09 – 07:30 next day Virgo
- 07:30 – 07:35 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CDT (UTC-5) · Method